coolant hose question, marginal Audi content

[Geraint Lloyd]

Cody

i tried doing it that way, with the "move the lock
carrier to service
position"
but in the end thought "bollocks to it, i'll just pull
the front off"
i think at the time i didn't fancy fighting with the
polly V with only 6
inches to spare between the tensioner arm, the monster
grips and the
rad, and i think it mad eit a bit easier timing the
TDI afterwards, what
with locking pins and bars involved.
Not saying that it can't be done your way, just that i
didn't fancy it.
Also, it was my car and time was therefore on my side.

mind you i've just remembered that the rad hose
connectors were like a
clip that went through some slots in the rad inlet and
outlet behind the
hoses which, without being too technical, had lumpy
bits on the ends..
not band clamps as i suggested earlier. oooops

geraint

John Cody Forbes wrote:
> Geraint Lloyd wrote:
>   
>> I had a 98 passat 1.9 tdi in france.
>>
>> i took the front end off (bumper, slam panel,
lights
>> etc) a couple of
>> times to do the cam belt / tensioners and changed
the
>> G12 while i was
>> there 'co it was easier to drain the coolant system
>> and remove the rad
>> than it was to attempt to work with it in place.
>> i suspect that anyone who has tried changing the
>> cambelt on a Passat, A4
>> or A6 will probably agree
>>
>>     
>
> Far easier (on an A4 at least, no experiance with
others) is a procedue 
> refered to as "Service Mode" by those in-the-know.
Remove just the bumper (2 
> bolts, plus the little fender liner screws), then 3
bolts on each bumper 
> shock, then 6 small torx bolts holding the core
support to the chassis and 
> voila, the front clip swings out and down, gives
PLENTY of room to work 
> without touching any wiring (actually disconnecting
headlight wiring allows 
> the assembly to move 6 inches more, but the lights
stay attached), no 
> coolant loss, and it only take about 15 minutes.
This is fresh in my mind 
> because I just did a T-belt and water pump on a B4
A4 last week.
>
> -Cody Forbes
> http://www.5000tq.com
> '86 5k noT noQ
> '86 5k noT noQ - Parting Out
> '87 5ktq
> '87 5ktq - Fast. Really Fast. 
>
>
>
>   

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